Documents et rapports
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Investor protection and corporate governance : Firm-level evidence across Latin America (anglais)
This book holds that the crucial failure of corporate governance is the expropriation of outside investors, be they shareholders or creditors, by those who are in control of firms. The problem of expropriation...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 40517 Date du document: 1 janvier 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chong Lam,Alberto Elias,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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Privatization in Latin America : myths and reality (anglais)
Privatization is under attack. Beginning in the 1980s, thousands of failing state-owned enterprises worldwide have been turned over to the private sector. But public opinion has turned against privatization...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 34428 Date du document: 15 mars 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Anuatti-Neto, Francisco,Barossi-Filho, Milton,Capra, Katherine,Chong, Alberto [editor],Fischer Barkan,Ronald David,Galiani,Sebastian Franco,Garron, Mauricio,Gertler,Paul J.,Gledson De Carvalho,Antonio,Gutierrez,Rodrigo,Lopez de Silanes, Florencio [editor],Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Macedo, Robert,Machicado, Carlos,Pombo, Carlos,Ramirez, Manuel,Schargrodsky,Ernesto S.,Serra,Pablo J.,Sturzenegger,Federico,Torero,Maximo
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A survey of securities laws and enforcement (anglais)
The author examines the theoretical and empirical literature pertaining to securities laws and their enforcement by regulators and courts to establish what is known and what is yet unclear. Recent empirical...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3405 Date du document: 1 septembre 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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A survey of securities laws and enforcement (anglais)
This FOCUS publication provides an in-depth examination of a major corporate governance policy, initiative, or issue through a combination of research, case studies, and expert opinion. Unlike a traditional...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 35708 Date du document: 1 octobre 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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The World Bank research observer 18 (1) (anglais)
Tight money in a post-crisis defense of the exchange rate : what have we learned?, by Peter J. Montiel. Foreign bank entry : experience, implications for developing economies, and agenda for further research...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 25578 Date du document: 31 mars 2003 Auteur: Botero,Juan Carlos,Clarke, George,Cull,Robert J.,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Keinan,Yoram,Kleinheisterkamp,Jan,Kumar, Ajay,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad,Montiel,Peter J.,Pistor,Katharina,Sanchez,Susana M.,Shleifer,Andrei,Volokh, Alexander,West,Mark D.
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Judicial reform (anglais)
A review of the evidence on judicial reforms across countries shows that those seeking to improve economic performance should not focus on judicial efficiency alone but on independence as well. It also...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 76442 Date du document: 1 mars 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Botero,Juan Carlos,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Shleifer,Andrei,Volokh, Alexander
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The new comparative economics: a first look (anglais)
The transition from socialism, the Asian financial crisis, and the European economic and political integration, have challenged understanding of how capitalist economies and societies work. Capitalist...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 28201 Date du document: 25 avril 2002 Auteur: La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Shleifer,Andrei
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Resolution of financial distress - an international perspective on the design of bankruptcy laws (anglais)
The institutions of bankruptcy have been at the center of the great economic events of the last decade, ranging from the Asian economic crisis, to the transition from socialism to capitalism. Our understanding...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 23243 Date du document: 31 mai 2001 Auteur: Claesens, Stijn,Djankov,Simeon,Mody,Ashoka,Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene,WHITE,MICHELLE J.,Westbrook, Jay Lawrence,LaPorta, Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Hausch,Donald B.,Ramachandran, S.,Fagan, Perry,Foley, C. Fritz,Gilson,Stuart C.,Mulas,Alberto,Mason, Joseph R.,Alexander,Arthur J.,Kingebiel, Daniela,Haggard,Stephan Mark,Negishi,Shoko
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What factors determine auction prices in privatization? (anglais)
Do the timing and type of auction affect the sale price? What kind of restructuring is worth doing before privatization? The author examines how much these and other factors affect privatization prices...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16873 Date du document: 30 juin 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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The benefits of privatization : evidence from Mexico (anglais)
Critics of privatization often argue that its benefits come at a high cost to society. The authors test the validity of this criticism for Mexico's privatization program, one of the world's largest case-by-case...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16874 Date du document: 30 juin 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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Public policy for the private sector (anglais)
A new method for auctioning highways. Water privatization and regulation in England and Wales. Designing regulatory institutions for infrastructure - lessons from Argentina. Colombia's gradulist approach...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 17406 Date du document: 30 juin 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Engel,Eduardo,Fischer Barkan,Ronald David,Galetovic Potsch,Alexander,Van Den Berg,Caroline,Estache,Antonio,Gray,Philip D.,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,La Porta,Rafael,Pistor,Katharina,Spicer, Andrew,Claessens, Stijn,Djankov,Simeon,Pohl,Gerhard,Ramachandran, S.,Shleifer,Andrei,Vishny, Robert
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Which countries give investors the best protection? (anglais)
Does the owner of a share of stock in Mexico have the same rights as one in Germany or India? Is a creditor in Italy as well protected as one in Switzerland? Do laws protecting investors differ among countries...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16709 Date du document: 30 avril 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Shleifer,Andrei,Vishny,Robert